About Us…
Leadership with a heart. Family ties to Vallejo. 100% volunteers.
Fresh Air Vallejo is a group of volunteers working together for a healthy environment and environmental justice. We embrace positive change, working to build a better tomorrow, today!
Many of us contributed to Propel Vallejo, our General Plan 2040 update which offers a new vision that respects our history and builds on it with planning for the future. The preferred scenario – a River Bay City – was recommend to City Council and approved unanimously. Starting in 2022 Vallejo will update three General Plan elements, all of interest to Fresh Air Vallejo: Environmental Justice, Housing, and Safety & Resilience. This update can be followed at https://www.myvallejo.com/
Our Board of Directors and followers volunteer on a wide range of issues Vallejo, from housing for the homeless and caring for our wildlife and environment, to fostering new business, promoting the arts and education of our children. We serve on Boards and Commissions of the City and County. We research all sides of issues that face Vallejo and bring our professional experience and expertise to the discussion, all with the goal of helping Vallejo to prosper.
We are not alone. Many cities and towns across America are fighting for their future. All depend on active participation from their communities. We invite you to join us here or in whatever community you reside.
BOARD MEMBERS
Jeff Carlson | Anne Carr | Brenda Crawford | Brien Farrell | Wanda Madeiros |Alexander Matias | Michelle Pellegrin | Nancy Petrowski | Nathan Stout | Linda Stout
LIAT MEITZENHEIMER
DON OSBORNE
PAULA BAUER
JIMMY SARMIENTO
Our Friends and Supporters
We wish to thank the following organizations which took a position against VMT/ ORCEM. A special thank you to Monica Brown, Solano County Supervisor, District 2, for researching the issues and taking a stance to protect her district residents; to Vallejo’s Planning Commission, Landis Graden, Chair, who rejected this proposed project; to those members of Vallejo’s City Council and City Staff who considered our positions, tolerated our vigilance with their understanding, and shared some of our concerns; to the many donors who supported our legal effort and material needs; and to the Tiger Team for their special contributions while choosing to remain anonymous.
- American College of Osteopathic Family Physicians at Touro University California
- Associated Students of the California Maritime Academy (ASCMA)
- Benicians for a Safe and Healthy Community
- California Communities Against Toxics
- California Environmental Justice Coalition
- California Health Professional Student Alliance at Touro University California
- California Healthy Communities Network
- Cal Maritime Community Cat Club
- Cal Maritime Sustainability Club
- Center for Environmental Health
- Citizens Air Monitoring Network
- Citizens for Vallejo
- Comite Civico del Valle
- Communities for a Better Environment
- Defense of Place
- The Desert Protection Society
- Energy Justice Network
- Diaz & Loerea Centro Latino
- Food Empowerment Project
- Friends of the Napa River
- Glen Cove Community Association
- Greenaction for Health
- Green Party of Solano County
- Homeacres Improvement Association Inc
- International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU), Local 10
- IVAN Statewide Network
- Lightworks / Solano
- Migrante Bay Area
- Napa Solano Audubon Society
- NapaVision2050
- National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) Vallejo Branch
- New Pacific Studio
- Omnific Pictures
- Pediatrics Club at Touro University California
- Planning Commission, City of Vallejo
- Public Health Club at Touro University California
- Public Trust Alliance
- RAMP: Regional Asthma Management and Prevention
- St. Vincent’s Hill Neighborhood Coalition
- San Francisco Baykeeper
- Sandy Beach Neighborhood Association
- Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Local 1021
- Sierra Club
- Sierra Club Napa
- Sierra Club Redwood Chapter
- Sierra Club Solano
- Stonewall Democratic Club of Solano County
- Sunflower Alliance
- Two Crones Farm
- United Democrats of Southern Solano County
- Vallejo Architectural Heritage Foundation
- Vallejo Chamber of Commerce
- Vallejo City Unified School District
- Vallejo Commission for the Future
- Vallejo Heights Neighborhood Association
- Vallejo Heritage Team
- Vallejo Patient’s Coalition
- Vallejo Riverview Estates Homeowners Association
- Voices of Vallejo
- West Berkeley Alliance for Clean Air and Safe Jobs
- West Oakland Environmental Indicators Project